Curtain-pole.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. SEELY, OF EMMETSBURG, IOWA.

CURTAIN-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,942, dated June 27,1,899.

Application filednprn 27, 1897. semi No. 634,170. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. SEELY. a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Emmetsburg, in the county of Palo Alto and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles; andI do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will'enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to curtain-poles; and it consists in certaindetails of construct-ion, arrangem ent, and combination of parts, whichwill be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the present invention is to provide a curtain-pole whichwill permit the curtain or portire attached thereto to be adjustedwithout liability of tearing the same and which can be readily set up inposition either in connection with a door or window framing, the partsbeing simple and effective in their .construction and operation, strongand durable, and comparatively inexpensive in manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of acurtain-pole embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a central verticallongitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse verticalsection of the same.

Referring to the drawings, wherein similar numerals of reference areemployed to indicate correspondin g parts in the several views, thenumeral l designates a curtain-pole which is preferably formed in twosections and suitably ornamented or provided with such coniiguration asto present a pleasing appearance. The inner lower portions of thesections composing the pole are formed With horizontallaterally-extending grooves 2, and the material from the said groovesdownwardly is cut away, so as to form a vertical slot 3 when the twosections are united, as shown, and which is considerably wider than thegrooves 2. The groove 2 in each piece becomes continuous when thesections are united, and the slot and groove then simulate a T-slot.Suitable devices can be applied to the opposite ends of the pole toclose these slots after the slides 4 are adjustably mounted therein.erably formed of sheet metal bent to form T- The said slides 4 are pref-A heads 5 to engage the grooves 2 and with de- I pending shanks 6, whichproject some dis- Atance below the poleand have opposite openings 7therein for sewing the upper edge of the curtain or portire thereto. Thesaid shank may be formed of a double thickness, as shown, and in thatevent the curtain-br portiere will be inserted between the two parts ofthe shank. A number of these slides will be used and constructed ofmetal having considerable resiliency and resistance against breakage.The upper parts of the pole-sectionsare reduced on their outer sides andmade perfectly straight in vertical planes and have'a series oftransverselyd extending openings 8 and embraced by U- shaped clasps 9 ofsuitable material, having openin gs in the embracing ends thereof whichaline with the openings 8 to receive removable pins 10 for the purposeof attaching the pole in any suitable position in a removable manner.The said U-shaped clasps may be secured at intervals "to the upper partof a door or window frame and the pole placed in 'position and heldsupported through the me dium of the pins 10 referred to. The upperopposite reduced portions of the pole-sections form seats for properlyapplying and fitting the embracing ends of the clasps and permit thelatter to be slid lengthwise over the said seats;v

The device as an entirety is simple and effective in its constructionand operation, strong and durable,and exceptionally convenient inholding or releasing curtains or portires.l

The horizontal grooves or slots 2 are closed at opposite ends of thepole by inserting blocks l1 therein to prevent the slides from becomingdetached from the pole. Furthermore, the horizontal top plate of theclasp 9 has an opening therein, as at l2, for suspend- .ring the pole asau entirety, and in removing the pole it will be observed that the claspmay be disconnected by withdrawing the pin l0 and remain in suspendedposition.

It is obviously apparent that many minor changes in the construction andarrangement of the several parts might be made and substituted for thoseshown and described without in the least departing from the nature orspirit of the invention.

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Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- Acurtain pole comprising opposite sections each having' an upper outerreduced portion provided by opposite right-angular recesses and throughthe vertical portions of the said reduced parts a series of openings atpredetermined intervals, the lower part of each section being enlargedand near the lower termination formed with a horizontal slotcommunicating with a vertical cut-away portion which when the two partsare united form a T-slot having the upper horizontal portion thereof ofless Width than the vertical part, blocks closing the ends of thehorizontal slot, a clasp adjustably and removably mounted on the upperreduced portion of the pole and consisting of a horizontal plate withdepending legs, and a retaining-pin which also passes through theopenings in said reduced part of the pole, the said horizontal platealso having therein an opening for suspending the pole as an entirety,and slides engaging the slots in the lower portion of the pole and freeto move in the latter, the heads of said slides being contracted andeach provided with a pair of legs which depend and converge toward theirlower ends and have openings in the lower terminations for receivingfastening devices to attach the curtain or portire.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of`two subscrilo' ing witnesses. m

GEORGE A. SEELY.

Witnesses:

E. B. SOPER, L. A. WATSON.

